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Protect super savings: PwC survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Australian Securities Investments Commission (ASIC) and the financial services industry must work together to find better ways to protect superannuation savings, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Investment Management CEO survey 2008. The ...

Fund call centres the weakest link

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
Super funds call centres have proven to be the weakest link in a fund's marketing mix, new research shows. Despite being the main hub of communication between a fund and its members, call centres are far measuring their performance customer satisfaction ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open relatively flat today, but may rise slightly after oil continued to slide. At 0750 AEST, the September share price index futures contract on the Sydney Futures exchange was 15 points higher at 4,986. Today's ...

Fix contributions, then worry about fees: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
Getting super contributions up to 15 per cent and pushing retirees to income streams is more important than fixing fees and administrative efficiencies, said superannuation's political architect and former Prime Minister, Paul Keating. "You can fluff ...

Climate change opportunities, not just costs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
Rather than focus exclusively on the costs of fighting climate change, businesses should also look for the commercial opportunities as the world shifts towards a lower carbon profile, said Senator Penny Wong, minister for climate change and water. Speaking ...

Fed does an RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
The RBA did not disappoint market expectations and announced no change in the official interest rate of 7.25 percent while markets interpreted the RBA's accompanying statement as an indication that an interest rate reduction is in the offing. In its ...

AUSfund rolls out $4.3m

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
The $660 million Eligible Rollover Fund AUSfund recently returned $4.3 million to its members in seven weeks. According to AUSfund manager Warren Fawcett, the fund's most recent campaign targeted towards the fund's largest account holders. "This particular ...

New era in fee disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
Thousands of planners are at risk of losing their industry accreditation if they haven't complied with a little known industry guideline on trail fees that took effect this year. Two years ago, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) introduced four ...

Future Fund still on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
The $61.5 billion government Future Fund is looking to appoint three new team members to boost its operations and investment teams. Last week, the fund advertised for a senior analyst - infrastructure to assist in the development of the fund's global ...

Till losses do us part

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
The ability of super funds to retain members and attract new ones will be put to the test after a new poll revealed one in five will switch funds if they see red in their next member statement. An online poll by management consultancy Gullone Group ...